Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 23172
Batteries: Recycling
Tabled: 10 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025
Question
Munira Wilson
Liberal Democrat — Twickenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of hydrometallurgical separation in the recycling of electric vehicle batteries to help facilitate the recovery of lithium.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Government seeks to encourage sustainable critical mineral production and pro-cessing. As electric vehicle batteries reach the end of their economic life, there will be an opportunity and necessity to repair, repurpose, reuse, and recycle them. The ch...
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